Parenting with Life-Limiting Illness: Strategies to Support Families with Dependent Children (FR437)

Patients living with life-limiting illness who are raising dependent children face unique stressors during the period of terminal illness and end-of-life. Parents have concerns about the impact of their disease and potential death on their children and their ability to simultaneously manage treatment and caregiving responsibilities. They also have concerns about how to optimally communicate with children, particularly when treatment choices or prognosis is uncertain. Among parents with advanced cancer, the severity of parental concerns is linked to increased symptoms of anxiety and worse health-related quality of life.

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